Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110515:11:02:00
President obama being in the white house. welcome to you all, top of the hour here on this "american morning." i'm t.j. holmes. we start with intentional flooding in louisiana. one flood gate is opened on the morganza spillway. the whole purpose is to try to relieve pressure on that swollen mississippi river. army corps of engineers opened that spillway to save baton rouge and new orleans by diverting a lot of the water. in doing so it's going to head towards other low-lying areas in louisiana, and possibility flood hundreds and hundreds of homes. >> when you have an evacuation order from a ...